Daily News | Sixers reserves and role players step up, play with edge in absence of their stars
Sixers P.J. Tucker kicks the ball away from Nets Kevin Durant during the 2nd quarter at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Tuesday, November 22, 2022.CHARLOTTE — The 76ers’ reserves and role players have competed with an edge this season that makes up for what they lack in talent.
“So you got a lot of guys, they may not be the perfect players. But they’ll compete for you, and that helps us.”Ben Simmons and the Nets’ loser energy were no match for a Sixers team that taught its injured stars a lesson Yet this became a game where Matisse Thybulle, despite an ailing left ankle, tried to gut himself through. It was a game Tobias Harris battled through after returning from his own in-game ankle injury. And a game where Shake Milton, who didn’t get any run earlier in the season, stepped up big down the stretch.
So even though the Sixers are undermanned, these are winnable games if they duplicate the intensity from Tuesday night. After listening to Harris, one gets the impression that won’t be a problem.“Truth be told, the guys we have out there on the court are amazing players who [all have] a story and a journey of how they fought for this position of where they’re at,” Harris of the Sixers’ role players. “And I’m always like a barometer ...
But it was the toughness shown in Tuesday’s 115-106 victory that makes Harris hungry to win games more than anything. It also helps him enjoy the part he plays in leading teammates and building their confidence/
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